Suhail Khan
ANANTNAG, NOV. 11 : Authorities at the Government Medical College (GMC) in Anantnag have instituted a stringent security protocol for all staff and students, mandating the formal identification of all personal lockers.
This directive follows a major counter-terrorism operation that uncovered links between medical professionals and banned terrorist organizations.
A circular issued by the college administration, a copy of which is with Kashmir Convener, requires all faculty members, department heads, paramedical staff, and students to personally identify their lockers and affix labels containing their name, designation, and a unique code. The deadline for compliance is November 14, 2025.
Subsequently, a committee comprising the Medical Superintendent of SMHS Hospital in Srinagar, Resident Medical Officers, and the Estates cum Transport Officer of GMC Srinagar will conduct a comprehensive inspection.
The committee’s objective is to identify and remove any unauthorized or surplus lockers occupying space in hospital and college corridors.
The order stipulates that employees will forfeit the right to claim any locker that remains unlabeled after the deadline. In a further significant measure, section officers and the accounts department have been instructed to withhold the issuance of No Objection Certificates (NOCs), Last Pay Certificates (LPCs), or service books for any transferring employee until they have formally surrendered their assigned locker.
This security crackdown is a direct response to a recent intelligence-led operation that dismantled an inter-state and transnational terror module.
Investigations revealed the module’s connections to two banned Pakistan-based terrorist organizations: Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind.
The operation exposed a network of radicalized professionals, including several doctors, who were allegedly directed by handlers based in Pakistan and other nations.
Security forces seized a significant cache of arms and bomb-making materials, including 2,900 kilograms of improvised explosive device (IED) components.
According to official sources, recoveries were made from multiple locations, including the residence of Mujammil Shakeel, a medical professional at Al-Falah Hospital in Faridabad, Haryana, and from a locker belonging to Dr. Adil Ahmad Rather, a doctor at GMC Anantnag.
Dr. Rather was subsequently arrested in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, after CCTV footage allegedly identified him as the individual who posted posters in Srinagar praising JeM.
In addition to Shakeel and Rather, five other individuals have been arrested in connection with the module. They have been identified as Arif Nisar Dar, Yasir-ul-Ashraf, and Maqsood Ahmad Dar from Srinagar; Molvi Irfan Ahmad from Shopian; and Zameer Ahmad Ahanger from Ganderbal.
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